chances for MIT, Stanford, UCB, Caltech + others? i'll chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>please chance me for:</p>

<p>MIT (1st choice)
Stanford (2nd choice)
Caltech (3rd choice)
UC Berkeley (4th choice)</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon University
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Michigan at Ann-Arbor
Virginia Polytechnic University
University of Virginia
University of Texas- Austin</p>

<p>and add any colleges you think i may have missed! thanks so much!</p>

<p>my stats are as follows:</p>

<p>Male
East Asian
4.35 GPA (weighted); projected 4.61 (weighted)
4.00 GPA (unweighted)
Rank 1/745
2290 SAT (760 CR 740 M 790 W)</p>

<p>SAT II:
Chem 730
Math II 750
World History 770</p>

<p>ECs:
Marching band, percussion (#1 marching band in the state, I believe, although I can't find an official source saying this)
Robotics team (FRC); won engineering inspiration at two regional competitions, ended up 1st and 2nd at each competition; went to worlds in st louis; placed 20th or so out of 88.
Robotics team (FTC)
Youth Orchestra, Wind Symphony (first chair oboe)
Youth Orchestra, Concert Orchestra (first chair oboe)
Youth Orchestra, church (first chair oboe)
Piano (privately studied, 10+ years)
Boy Scout, Life Scout, Order of the Arrow (hoping to finish up Eagle soon); 30+ merit badges completed
Math Honor Society
Math Club
Academic Team (captain)
Interact Club
Key Club (treasurer)
PhD (health/wellness education, service projects) (treasurer)
Space Club (linked to National Space Club) (secretary)
YUGA (community service) (president)
National Honor Society
Church youth group (small group leader)
NASA INSPIRE OLC</p>

<p>Etc:</p>

<p>Governor's School for Math, Science, and Technology
approx 250 community service hours from various sources
All County/All District Band
2nd place, school science fair
2nd place, regional science fair
Piano Guild of America Sonatina Award
Piano Guild of America Honor Award
Solo/Ensemble Festival (Grade VI-- highest level); superior rating
Solo/Ensemble Festival (Grade V); superior rating
HOBY Ambassador
AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Founded tutoring service with a few friends; profitable
Job teaching piano lessons to younger students</p>

<p>Several professional iT certifications</p>

<p>schedule:</p>

<p>freshman: </p>

<p>pre ap english 9
advanced spanish 2
pre ap algebra ii/trig
advanced computer math
pre ap biology
pre ap world history ii
intermediate band
marching band</p>

<p>sophomore: </p>

<p>functions/analyt (precalc)
pre ap English 10
pre ap Spanish 3
web technology
ap computer science a (4)
ap world history (4)
ap statistics (5)
marching band
ap environmental science (5)
ap chemistry (3) (sigh.)</p>

<p>junior:
ap calculus BC
computer Science AB
ap physics C
advanced band
ap english 11
it database design
challenges of engineering i/robotics
marching band
ap us history
ap spanish
ap psych
ap physics b (self study)</p>

<p>summer at community college: linear algebra</p>

<p>senior:
ap music theory
advanced band
advanced database
ap bio
ap bio lab
challenges of engineering ii/robotics
advanced computer studies
marching band
ap chinese
ap government
ap microecon
ap macroecon
ap comparative government
ap english 12
ap spanish literature</p>

<p>community college: multivar calc, diff eq</p>

<p>on the side, i'm learning mandarin chinese.</p>

<p>Anyways, thanks again!</p>

<p>oh yeah haha. i almost forgot. if you're all the way down here, make sure to post a link to your chancing thread and i'll chance you back.</p>

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<p>Very strong applicant, except I think for MIT your math scores could be even higher.</p>

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<p>Good chance for all of them. Your SAT 1 and Math 2 scores could be higher. Retake Math II and get an 800- that’s important for MIT and caltech, though not a requirement. Room for improvement on Math SAT 1 as well.</p>

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<p>AMC or Olympiad Performance?</p>

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<p>You are in the possible range for all those schools. But the only ones who can give you a realistic assessment of your chances are the members of the admissions committees at those schools, and then only when they have your complete application package in front of them. </p>

<p>In other words: nobody on CC or anywhere else on the Internet. </p>

<p>This message is MIT-specific, but the principle applies to all selective colleges: </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/10581800-post1.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/10581800-post1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Make sure your college list includes some safeties - schools where your stats are well above the norm, that you can pay for under most pessimistic FA assumptions, and where you’d be happy.</p>

<p>Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using CC App</p>

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<p>Great chances at
UCB, CMU</p>

<p>Most likey in at
Georgia Tech, UIUC, Michigan, Virginia, Texas</p>

<p>Stanford: Nobody knows
MIT: Reach (unless you can fly or you won IMO gold medal)</p>

<p>Cal Tech: Reach (unless you can fly or you won IMO gold medal)</p>

<p>Cal Tech: Your scores are “low” for Cal Tech </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/california-institute-technology/1046529-official-caltech-class-2015-ea-rd-decisions-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/california-institute-technology/1046529-official-caltech-class-2015-ea-rd-decisions-thread.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Post #41
Some insane stats among the thirteen acceptees in this thread (SAT score/ACT converted; Subject Test scores):</p>

<p>2400; 800-800-800
2400; 800-800-800
2400; 800-800
2390; 800-800-760
2390; 800-800-800-800-700
2390; 800-800-790-780
2390; 800-800
2380; 800-800
2370; 800-790-790-780
2350; 800-800-790
2350; 800-800-800
2330; 800-760
2290; 800-800-800</p>

<p>Mean SAT score: 2372
Median SAT score: 2390</p>

<p>Mean Subject Test score: 793
Median Subject Test score: 800</p>

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<p>MIT (1st choice) who knows crapshoot for everyone
Stanford (2nd choice) same ^ good as shot as any1 else
Caltech (3rd choice) reach
UC Berkeley (4th choice) in </p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon University in
Georgia Institute of Technology in
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in
University of Michigan at Ann-Arbor no idea
Virginia Polytechnic University in
University of Virginia gets harder every year but good shot
University of Texas- Austin in</p>

<p>CHANCE ME BACK :slight_smile: </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1222327-chances-brown-plme-indian-kid-who-sucks-tennis.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1222327-chances-brown-plme-indian-kid-who-sucks-tennis.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@renomamma</p>

<p>yeah, i’ve been told this before, and I’m retaking the SAT in November. thank you so much!</p>

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<p>@bobtheboy</p>

<p>thanks for your input! I’m definitely going to be getting those SAT scores up…</p>

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<p>@ca2012</p>

<p>unfortunately, nothing major yet. :frowning:
I’ll be taking the AMC 12 this year though…</p>

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<p>@annasdad</p>

<p>Thank you so much for the input and information. I am aware that frequently, these kinds of threads are not anywhere near accurate for college admissions, but it’s still fun to see if you’re in the general ballpark sometimes. :)</p>

<p>at worst, my ego may be a little bruised, but I can live with that haha.</p>

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<p>@20more</p>

<p>thanks for the raw data (those scores are sky high!); I know caltech admissions are notorious for accepting only those with the best of the best in test scores, but hopefully I’ll have at least some sort of chance at getting in haha.</p>

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<p>i dont understand how you could have taken so many courses each year :slight_smile: your college list seems reasonable to me im positive you’ll get into a college ur satisfied with.</p>

<p>chance back? </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1216091-suggestions-help-average-ish-senior.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1216091-suggestions-help-average-ish-senior.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@mankon</p>

<p>thanks for the chance! I’m not at a computer right now (iPhone for the win haha) but I’ll be sure to chance you once I do get onto one!</p>

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<p>@mssalycat</p>

<p>some of the courses are online, so I can fit more courses in for each year. </p>

<p>anyway, like I said above, I’m not currently at a computer, but I’ll be sure to chance you back once I get onto one!</p>

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<p>i’ve chanced you guys back!</p>

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<p>Wait, i see no scores for ur junior year ap classes. So does that mean ur still a junior?</p>

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<p>yeah, pretty much haha.</p>

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<p>westfield, I think you are wasting other people’s time if you are asking for chances while you are still in your junior year. If you have done so much even before your junior year first semester, you are already a strong candidate. But realistic chances can be gleaned only at the beginning of senior year. You obviously have time to ace the subject/AP tests.</p>

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<p>@fall2016parent</p>

<p>thank you for the information; however, when I started this thread, I was simply looking for a ballpark estimate as to how well qualified I might be for the schools listed. From what I have gathered reading some forums here on CC, the users of this site are almost always quite knowledgeable in these subjects, so I wanted to try posting some stats. </p>

<p>I understand where you are coming from, but I’d love to continue receiving chances from anyone that’d like to do so!</p>